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Plush-crested jay

Cyanocorax chrysops (Vieillot, 1818)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) is a species in the family Corvidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 162 g to 166 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)
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Quick facts about the plush-crested jay

Weight
162 g – 166 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3 – 5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the plush-crested jay live?

Not recorded

What is the plush-crested jay?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) is a jay of the family Corvidae (which includes the crows and their many allies). It is found in central-southern South America: in southwestern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina, including southern regions of the Amazon Basin river systems bordering the Pantanal.

From the Wikipedia article “Plush-crested jay” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plush-crested_jay&oldid=1380588928), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the plush-crested jay endangered?

The plush-crested jay is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the plush-crested jay classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCorvidae
  6. genusCyanocorax
  7. SpeciesCyanocorax chrysops (Vieillot, 1818)

Synonyms Corvus pileatus, Cyanocorax pileatus, Garrulus chrysops, Pica chrysops

Other names and names in other languages (50)
  • قيق قطيفي التاجArabic
  • gaig de cascCatalan
  • Garsa grisa crestadaCatalan
  • sojka chocholkatáCzech
  • sgrech gribfawrWelsh
  • Plystoppet BlåskadeDanish
  • KappenblaurabeGerman
  • KappenblauhäherGerman
  • pluŝkresta garoloEsperanto
  • Pluŝokresta garoloEsperanto
  • Chara susoSpanish
  • Arrendajo de cresta alborotadaSpanish
  • Arrendajo susoSpanish
  • Chara de cresta alborotadaSpanish
  • Chara moñudaSpanish
  • Urraca comúnSpanish
  • Urraca criollaSpanish
  • Urraca de cresta alborotadaSpanish
  • Urraca susoSpanish
  • kübar-sininäärEstonian
  • جیجاق کاکلمخملیPersian
  • peruukkinärhiFinnish
  • Geai acahéFrench
  • Geai-bleu acahéFrench
  • Aka'ẽ paraGuarani
  • עורבני מצויץ-כיפהHebrew
  • kudrava šojkaCroatian
  • amerikai kékvarjúHungarian
  • Ghiandaia felpataItalian
  • Ghiandaia occhidoratiItalian
  • ルリサンジャクJapanese
  • švelniakuodis margasis kėkštasLithuanian
  • Samta cekula sīlisLatvian
  • Zhį́ʼii dootłʼizhí bitsiitʼáád yilzhólígííNavajo
  • PluchekapgaaiDutch
  • plysjskrikeNorwegian
  • modrowronka pluszogłowaPolish
  • gralha-picaçaPortuguese
  • gaio-de-veludoPortuguese
  • Gralha-de-crista-negraPortuguese
  • Плюшевоголовая сойкаRussian
  • Плюшевоголовая разноцветная сойкаRussian
  • kapuciarka baretováSlovak
  • Ljubičasta oštroćuba krejaSerbian
  • plyschtofsskrikaSwedish
  • Peluş Saçlı Mavi KargaTurkish
  • пая круглочубаUkrainian
  • Quạ thông mào nhungVietnamese
  • 絨冠藍鴉Chinese
  • 绒冠蓝鸦Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the plush-crested jay

Other species in the same genus Cyanocorax.

LC, Least Concern
Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Inca jay

Cyanocorax yncas

Corvidae

LC, Least Concern
Yucatan jay (Cyanocorax yucatanicus)

Yucatan jay

Cyanocorax yucatanicus

Corvidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the plush-crested jay?

An adult plush-crested jay weighs 162 g – 166 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the plush-crested jay endangered?

The plush-crested jay is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the plush-crested jay?

The plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{plush_crested_jay_2026,
  title = {Plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/plush-crested-jay},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}